Species Syndesus cornutus (Fabricius, 1801)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sinodendron cornutus Fabricius, J.C. 1801. Systema Eleutheratorum secundum ordines, genera, species adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Kiliae : Bibliopol. Acad. Vol. 1 xxiv 506 pp. [377].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, TAS (as Terra Diemenii).
• Lucanus parvus Donovan, E. 1805. An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other Islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific Oceans: including Figures and Descriptions of One Hundred and Fifty-three Species of the more Splendid, Beautiful, and Interesting Insects, hitherto Discovered in those Countries, and which for the most Part have not appeared in the Works of any Preceding Author. London : Rivington iv + [167] pp. + [41] pls. [Date published January] [fourth page of unnumbered text].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH, Australia (as New Holland).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Benesh, B. 1960. Lucanidae. pp. 1-178 in Hincks, W.D. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Gravenhage : W. Junk Part 8. [9]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: nocturnal, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae in fallen and structural timber.

 

General References

Alderson, J. 1975. Descriptions of the larvae of four species of Lucanidae (Stag Beetle). Victorian Naturalist 92: 71-79 (larval description)

Lawrence, J.F. 1981. The occurrence of Syndesus cornutus (F.) in structural timber (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 20: 171-172 (biology)

Reid, C.A.M., Shaw, J.J. & Jensen, A.R. 2018. The Australian Museum Lord Howe Island Expedition 2017—Coleoptera. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 26: 53-67 [64] (possible recent accidental introduction to Lord Howe Is.)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)